What we don't expect is this -
The Big Ten Network!
I am completely baffled by this love of American football over here. Plus showing NCAA football on Polish TV is a new one for me! The commentary is mostly in Polish, except for words like extra point, touch down, offsides etc. that are in English. Well, go Youngstown State (OH), since I can't really root for Michigan State. (It's a Michigan-Michigan State rivalry that gets in the way of this writer's bias.)
Actually I have seen a little American football played in Poland on the TV. There are a few semi-professional teams in Poland (like Warsaw and Wroclaw, I think).
I think the Poles really prefer their European football, as do I. Yesterday I went to another match played by Wisla Krakow and Piast Gliwice. The atmosphere was fine. Fewer people were at this match than at the last match I went to in August. The reasons were probably because it was cold, it was late and it was during the school year. Anyhow, Wisla won 3-0. The first 2 goals were scored by the Wisla star Pawel Brozek. The first goal was off a corner kick that got near the goal line. After the 3rd kick near the goal line, the ball finally got in the net. The 2nd goal was a one in one with the goalie and Brozek. The 3rd goal was made by Donald (? French last name). None of the fans around me could remember his last name. Someone joked that his last name was "Tusk", like the Polish premier Donald Tusk. This was also a one on one with the goalie with a left footed goal.
Here is a picture of the mascot, a dragon. They must have several animals representing the team because I have seen the name "sharks" as well. 
The flag colors must be the team colors, since the Polish flag only has red and white.
Here is a photo of the stadium from where I am staying in Cracow. It is the far building with "spikes".
It is not a far walk to home.
I will have to wait until next summer for another Wisla game. At least my Wisla fan card will still be valid!
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